Sherry

[Gadget]

Football was a major way out of coal mining, Simon. my Dad and his family did the same in Wales, as you know 



Gadget

[Gadget]

1881

Wynd East Side, Cumbernauld
495 ED 9 Household no. 1

John Sherry, 30, general labourer, b. Cadder, Lanarkshire
Hannah, 30, b. Glasgow
John, 10
Hannah, 5

both children b. Cumbernauld

[Duck]

A French website that I've been looking at says Alex left Marseille in 1933 to join Lincoln City but I cant find any reference to this anywhere.  Lincoln City's archive doesn't have him as a first team player.

Simon

[Gadget]

1881

60 Binniehill, Slamannan
489 ED 3 Household no.147

John Paterson, 41, coal miner, b. New Monklands, Lanarkshire
Margaret, 33, b. Bothkennar, Stirlingshire
Joan, 11, b. Slamannan
Alex, 9, b. Dalziel, Lks*
Mary, 7, b. Slamannan
Sarah, 5, b. Slamannan
John, 3, b. Slamannan
Margaret, 1, b. Slamannan
Janet, 12 days, b. Slamannan


Simon  -  My book just has him playing for Denny Hiberian, PNE and Marseille


Gadget


* at last an Alex - so he was likely named for his mother Mary's  big brother or a grt grandfather. I think I'll have a look at John Patterson b. New Monklands 

[Gadget]

 

6 July 1866, Slamannan

Marriage of

John Patterson, coal miner, bach, 24
Parents - Robert Patterson, coal miner, deceased and Joanna?, m.s. Sneddon

And

Margaret Hunter, day labourer, sp,19
Parents - Alexander Hunter, coalminer and Margaret, m.s. Gillespie


I just wanted to check where the Alexander came from!

I think I'll leave doing any more searching until JSherry comes back on!!


Gadget

[Duck]

I've just found out that Alex will have played along side the great Sir Matt Busby, they both played for Denny Hibernian at the same time.

Gadget, you're doing some stirling research 

Simon

[Gadget]

I've just found out that Alex will have played along side the great Sir Matt Busby, they both played for Denny Hibernian at the same time.

Simon

Now that is cool, cool,cool 

A summary for J:

Alexander Paterson Sherry b. 1908. d. 1966
Parents - John Sherry and Mary Paterson

John Sherry b.1870
Parents - John Sherry and Hannah Kelly

(line not traced any further)

Mary Paterson b. 1874
Parents - John Paterson and Margaret Hunter

John Paterson b.c.1842
Parents Robert Paterson and Joanna ? Sneddon

Margaret Hunter b.c.1847
Parents - Alexander Hunter and Margaret Gillespie


Gadget

[Gadget]

The Paterson-Kelly marriage is proving a bit difficult. On son John's birth registration, they were married 28th Dec 1860 at Cumbernauld*

Might be common law or wrongly indexed 

I'll try some other ways of finding them later


Gadget

* added - this must have been a bit of a porkie if the were aged 30 on the 1881

[JSherry]

Thanks to you guys I am gob smacked! you folks are good at this and it is totally new to me

I think all of the information you have given me is correct My Grandfather Alexander did I am pretty sure play with Matt Busby. I will have to speak to my dad John Sherry (my name also) he is around
76 years old but My grandfather Alexander married Mary (Mollie) Fishwick when he was playing football in England (PNE?) as far as I know Mary was from the Southport area I visited the shop
of Uncle Jack in Southport when I was about 10.

The info you are coming up with on my great grandparents and children is very good

thanks for your help so far please what database do you use and how ?

John Sherry